McCain was the first presidential candidate to speak at the Family Research Council’s “Values Voter” Summit today here in Washington. There was a fair amount of what those in the biz call “red meat”: a full-throated defense of “the unborn” (McCain noted that not only do “they have no rights,” and that they can’t even make campaign …

A quick look at why Romney cares so much about the evangelical vote in South Carolina.

Drip, drip, drip. In an exchange with Senator Chuck Schumer during his confirmation hearings, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey said today that he’d be willing to take a look at evidence of political interference in the prosecution and conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman — after Siegelman completes the appeals …

From the Edwards campaign:

“While John Edwards was in rural Iowa yesterday talking about his plans to help family farmers, the Clinton campaign was in Washington, DC planning an event with the lobbyists from the biggest corporate agriculture company in the world. The difference between John Edwards and Hillary Clinton could not be

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No real surprise here: The House fell short in its effort to override President Bush’s veto of legislation expanding SCHIP, the state children’s health insurance program. However, the vote shows a fairly dramatic shift on the issue since the bill first passed in August. That earlier vote was 225-204; today’s was 273-156, which is just 13 …

So between the making his campaign announcement on late night television, flogging a book, and writing a New York Times op-ed column, what part of Stephen Colbert’s run for the presidency is supposed to be, you know, parody?

This report via AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday.

Brownback, a long-shot conservative contender, had trouble raising money to compete in the race. He is expected announce his withdrawal in Topeka, Kan.

He raised

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For coming in second runner-up in tonight’s 14th annual Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest. She placed behind first runner-up Senator Arlen Specter (who got extra points from the judges for working blue) and winner Joseph Randazzo of The Onion. (Wait–The Onion. Shouldn’t that disqualify him as a professional?) And, yes, I was a …